Charles A. Schmidt;aged 73 years;died Thursday;August 28;1941;at 12:10 p.m.after a two weeks illness due to a heart condition. He died at the home of his brother;Rudolph Schmidt;Sr.;111 Water street;Belle Vernon;where he had made his home since his retirement from the employ of the B & O R.R.company. The deceased formerly resided in Oakland;Pa. Surviving are two brothers;Rudolph and William;of McKeesport;three sisters;Mrs.Garfield Price;of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Bowman French and Mrs.Pearl Dowdell;of Wilkinsburg. Friends will be received at 111 Water street until Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock;when services will be conducted by Rev.H.F.Pierce;of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Samuel Simpson;a veteran of the World War;died Sunday;August 17;at his home in Belle Vernon at the age of 53 years. He had suffered of asthma for some time. Services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Union Baptist church;Monessen;with interment to follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Believed to have received a fractured skull when she fell Tuesday morning;August 5;1941;Mrs.Berd Smock;69;of Belle Vernon;died in Monongahela Memorial hospital at 9:35 a.m. Mrs.Smock fell in the yard of her son’s home;W.E.Smock;of 307 Main street; Belle Vernon;where she made her home. The accident occurred previous to 7:45 a.m.when an amblance was summoned and removed her to the hospital. While details are not yet known it was indicitated that Mrs.Smock may have fallen while on a pair of steps in the yard. The Smock family has been in Belle Vernon for many years and Mrs.Smock was generally well known. Friends are being received at the late home where funeral services will be held Friday;August 8;1941;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.F.S.Montgomery;pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Charleroi. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. C.L.and Edwin Melenyzer are the funeral directors.

George H.Steiner;aged 87 years;a resident of Monessen for a number of years;died Monday;July 28;1941;at 4 p.m.at his home in Hempfield Township. Surviving is his wife;Olive A.Steiner;and a son;Herman Steiner;of West Newton. Friends are being received at the Kelly Funeral Home;688 McKee avenue;where services will be held Wednesday afternoon;July 30;at 2:30 o’clock. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon cemetery.